Animoto - create a video by uploading images, or pulling images from a photosharing website, and adding your own music One True Media - create a video montage by uploading your photos and videos and adding captions, effects, and music Voice Thread - create a presentation with images or slides and add your own narration. Jing - the free version of Camtasia screen capture software - create video tutorials by recording activity on your screen Photo Story 3 - from Windows - create digital slideshows with special effects, soundtracks and voice narration. Movie Maker - from Windows - create, edit, and share movies on your computer Audacity - free audio editor and recorder Vocaroo - record and send voice emails
Photo Editing and Effects and Graphics
Wordle - create word clouds from text that you provide
For more options, see Wordle Advanced Ransomizr - create an "old-school" ransom note with images pulled from the One Letter Pool on Flickr Big Huge Labs - do fun stuff with your digital photos
Create: motivational posters, movie posters, puzzles, press badges, trading cards, calendars, cubes, billboards, blog headers. Add: captions, frames Image Chef - create icons, graphics, and banners with custom text, sometimes using your own images as well Picnik - online photo editing tool corrects digital photos and provides lots of fun effects ToonDoo - create your own cartoon strip SketchUp - 3D Modeling application from Google - Pro available at no cost for educators Picasa - Photo editing software from Google
Letter Pop - create newsletters, invitations, flyers, and photo collages to publish online or print Tikatok - where kids write, illustrate, and publish their own stories Glogster - "glog" refers to graphics or graphical blog - mix graphics, photos, videos, images and text into a glog Wix - free Flash website builder - Export your Wix, or Wix will host your website for free Mix Book - create photo books online for free, includes scrapbook editor Scribd - social publishing site where you can share original writings and documents Prezi - the zooming presentation software Scrapblog - online scrapbooking software, create a digital scrapbook with one of many templates, or create engaging graphics for blogs or wikis
(can also export as jpg)
Free Image Resources
Pics4Learning - copyright friendly image library for teachers and students FreeFoto - "largest collection of free photographs on the Internet" Flickr Advanced Search - scroll to the bottom of the search screen and check the box for Creative Commons search Library of Congress American Memory - links to free historical images, maps, and documents, etc. Creative Commons - search services provided by other independent organizations for works which can be modified
Book Goo - highlight and annotate your documents a virtual highlighter and pen, invite others to view and annotate. Write Board - shareable, web-based text documents that let you save every edit, rollback to any version, and easily compare edits, collaboratively or solo Zoho Creator (see an example of collaborative student work with ZohoCreator)
Social Bookmarking
Delicious - upload bookmarks to an account that can be accessed from any computer and shared with friends.
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Audio/Video Tools
Animoto - create a video by uploading images, or pulling images from a photosharing website, and adding your own musicOne True Media - create a video montage by uploading your photos and videos and adding captions, effects, and music
Voice Thread - create a presentation with images or slides and add your own narration.
Jing - the free version of Camtasia screen capture software - create video tutorials by recording activity on your screen
Photo Story 3 - from Windows - create digital slideshows with special effects, soundtracks and voice narration.
Movie Maker - from Windows - create, edit, and share movies on your computer
Audacity - free audio editor and recorder
Vocaroo - record and send voice emails
Photo Editing and Effects and Graphics
Wordle - create word clouds from text that you provideFor more options, see Wordle Advanced
Ransomizr - create an "old-school" ransom note with images pulled from the One Letter Pool on Flickr
Big Huge Labs - do fun stuff with your digital photos
Create: motivational posters, movie posters, puzzles, press badges, trading cards, calendars, cubes, billboards, blog headers. Add: captions, frames
Image Chef - create icons, graphics, and banners with custom text, sometimes using your own images as well
Picnik - online photo editing tool corrects digital photos and provides lots of fun effects
ToonDoo - create your own cartoon strip
SketchUp - 3D Modeling application from Google - Pro available at no cost for educators
Picasa - Photo editing software from Google
Avatars
Become an M&MVoki - create personalized speaking avatars
Web Publishing
Letter Pop - create newsletters, invitations, flyers, and photo collages to publish online or printTikatok - where kids write, illustrate, and publish their own stories
Glogster - "glog" refers to graphics or graphical blog - mix graphics, photos, videos, images and text into a glog
Wix - free Flash website builder - Export your Wix, or Wix will host your website for free
Mix Book - create photo books online for free, includes scrapbook editor
Scribd - social publishing site where you can share original writings and documents
Prezi - the zooming presentation software
Scrapblog - online scrapbooking software, create a digital scrapbook with one of many templates, or create engaging graphics for blogs or wikis
(can also export as jpg)
Free Image Resources
Pics4Learning - copyright friendly image library for teachers and studentsFreeFoto - "largest collection of free photographs on the Internet"
Flickr Advanced Search - scroll to the bottom of the search screen and check the box for Creative Commons search
Library of Congress American Memory - links to free historical images, maps, and documents, etc.
Creative Commons - search services provided by other independent organizations for works which can be modified
Information Organization
ExploratreeReadWriteThink: Student Materials
Literary Elements Map, Plot Diagram, Webbing Tool, Persuasion Map, Venn Diagrams, Notetaker, and more!
Collaboration
Book Goo - highlight and annotate your documents a virtual highlighter and pen, invite others to view and annotate.Write Board - shareable, web-based text documents that let you save every edit, rollback to any version, and easily compare edits, collaboratively or solo
Zoho Creator (see an example of collaborative student work with ZohoCreator)
Social Bookmarking
Delicious - upload bookmarks to an account that can be accessed from any computer and shared with friends.Online Surveys
Survey Monkey - Free basic subscription - limited to 100 responses per surveyZoomerang
Other Personal Homepages
NetVibesPageFlakes
My Yahoo
Misc Fun Things
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